Conservative

Michael Kras
03 Jun 2022

Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives win majority in Ontario election

Ontario is getting four more years of Ford. Premier Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives have won their second majority government in the 2022 provincial election, with NDP Party leader Andrea Horw...

Michael Kras
06 Oct 2021

Ontario’s minimum wage has officially increased

Ontario workers are about to see a tiny bump in their hourly pay, as the province’s minimum wage increase is now officially in effect. But don’t get too excited: the increase truly is tiny, going ...

Michael Kras
21 Sep 2021

Canada re-elects a Liberal minority government, Trudeau remains Prime Minister

The people have spoken, as Monday night’s 44th federal election saw the Liberal Party win enough seats to form yet another minority government, with Justin Trudeau retaining his title as Prime Minis...

Michael Kras
20 Sep 2021

Hamilton heads to the polls on Election Day in Canada

Quick as a blink, election day is here in Canada; and residents of Hamilton are heading out to cast their ballots. Unexpectedly, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called for a snap election two years befo...

Michael Kras
29 Apr 2021

Ontario government introduces new paid sick leave plan

Following mammoth levels of public pressure, the Ontario government has announced a plan for paid sick leave amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Ontario residents and officials alike have been very vocal abou...

Craig Clark
19 Feb 2020

Two men have been charged after dumping manure outside Doug Ford’s office

The police have charged two men for allegedly dumping manure outside of Doug Ford’s office in Etobicoke last December. A video posted on social media of two men shovelling manure from the back...

Michael Kras
23 Jan 2020

Hamilton elementary school students will not receive report cards this term

A result of the ongoing labour actions of the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (EFTO) in response to its dispute with Ford’s Progressive Conservative provincial government, elementary sc...

Michael Kras
07 Jan 2020

Hamilton LRT project still being considered, says Ford government

There’s a chance Hamilton won’t be out of luck on an LRT project after all: the Conservative provincial government has said that its task force will be considering a light rail transit system for ...

Michael Kras
06 Nov 2019

Doug Ford faces backlash for comments about Hamilton

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is under fire after making some less-than-positive comments about Hamilton during a question period yesterday. “Hamilton has been ignored. It has been run by the NDP – th...

Craig Clark
22 Oct 2019

Here are the winners in Hamilton after the 2019 federal election

After a hard fought 40 day campaign, Hamiltonians stayed loyal to the Liberals, NDP and Conservative incumbents in each of the city’s ridings. The only new MP in the area is Matthew Green, who t...